On July 25, 2011, Baker Hughes Incorporated (the Company) issued a news release announcing
its financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2011, a copy of which is furnished with this
Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. In accordance with General
Instructions B.2. of Form 8-K, the information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly
set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Following the issuance of the news release and the filing of this current report on Form 8-K,
the Company will hold a conference call on Monday, July 25 at 8:30 a.m. eastern time, 7:30 a.m.
central time, to discuss the earnings announcement. This scheduled conference call was previously
announced on June 20, 2011. To access the call, which is open to the public, please contact the
conference call operator at (800) 374-2469, or (706) 634-7270 for international callers, 20 minutes
prior to the scheduled start time, and ask for the Baker Hughes Conference Call. A replay will be
available through Monday, August 8, 2011. The number for the replay is (800) 642-1687, or (706)
645-9291 for international callers, and the access code is 77447493. The conference call will be
webcast simultaneously at http://investor.shareholder.com/bhi/events.cfm on a listen-only
basis. The call and replay will also available on our website at www.bakerhughes.com/investor.

In addition to financial results determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) that were included in the news release, certain information discussed in the
news release and to be discussed on the conference call could be considered non-GAAP financial
measures (as defined under the SECs Regulation G). Any non-GAAP financial measures should be
considered in addition to, and not as an alternative for, or superior to, net income (loss), income
(loss) from continuing operations, cash flows or other measures of financial performance prepared
in accordance with GAAP as more fully discussed in the Companys financial statements and filings
with the SEC. Reconciliations of such non-GAAP information to the closest GAAP measures are
included in the news release and can be found on the Companys website at
www.bakerhughes.com/investor in the Financial Information section under the heading Impact of
Non-Operational Items and in the applicable earnings releases under the Earnings Releases
heading.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 25, 2011, the Company issued a news release, a copy of which is furnished with this
Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference. In accordance with
General Instructions B.2. of Form 8-K, the information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.